Sunday, January 31, 2016

MOVIES - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 1/29 to 1/31/2016 weekend box office is "Kung Fu Panda 3" with an estimated take of $41 million.

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From Variety: The actor, Frank Finlay, died Saturday, January 30, 2016 at the age of 89. He earned a best supporting actor Oscar nomination for his role in "Othello" (1965). Many may remember him as 'Porthos' in the 1973 version of "The Three Musketeers," with Oliver Reed, Michael York, and Richard Chamberlain.

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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: "Gilmore Girls" revival is at Netflix, but I'm not interested.

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NEWS - From BuzzFlash: Erin Brockovich says that the Flint, Michigan water crisis is just the tip of the iceberg, in terms of other areas facing lead poisoning.

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CRIME - From Truthout: Supreme Court, Montgomery v. Louisiana, may allow juveniles sentenced to life without parole a chance to be retroactively re-sentenced.

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MUSIC - From YahooMusic: See the Coldplay-Beyonce video, "Hymn for the Weekend."

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COMICS - From WashPost: What Star Wars and Marvel can learn from British cult comic, Judge Dredd.

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CRIME - From YahooNews: The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, is not living a lonely life in prison.

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HISTORY - From MintPressNews: Famous whistler blower, Daniel Ellsberg (The Pentagon Papers) says top military brass knew in advance that Vietnam War would fail.

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POLITICS - From RollingStone: The mag says that Donald Trump skilled the 1/28/2016 GOP debate because he hates women.

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TRAILERS - From DreamWorks: A new trailer for the CG-animated, Trolls.

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OSCARS - From Vulture: I'm surprised by this. I thought because it was controversially left off the best picture Oscar list, at least one of the producers of the film would be invited to the Oscars ceremony. No, only the four nominated writers have been attended.

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TELEVISION - From BleedingCool: Corey Hawkins of Straight Outta Compton will take the lead in FOX's revival of the TV series, "24," which is being called "24: Legacy."

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GRAMMYS - From YahooMusic: Will Smith once boycotted the Grammys.

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OBIT - From YahooTV: The actor, Abe Vigoda, died today (January 26, 2016). He was 94. Vigoda is best remembered for his role as "Detective Fish" on the television series, "Barney Miller." He also had a pivotal role in "The Godfather," as the mobster, Sal Tessio.

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POLITICS - From YahooNews: How Bernie Sanders will get anything done.